Diva Can Cook Coconut Pound Cake Food

FIVE FLAVOR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
• Add in eggs, one at a time, being sure to mix thoroughly after each egg. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients while alternating with the half n half and buttermilk. (Batter should be fluffy when done mixing)
• Mix in extracts.
• Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cake cool until pan is warm to the touch.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling on cooling rack.
• When cake is completely cooled, drizzle on the glaze if using.
• To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar, extract and 1/2 teaspoon of milk.

COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar, shortening, and salt.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Add extract and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour and baking powder.
• Add milk to creamed mixture.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
• Fold in coconut.
• Bake in a greased and floured bundt pan for 1 hour.
• About 10 minutes before cake is done, combine sugar, extract and water in a small saucepen.
• Bring to a boil and boil one minute.
• Pour over cake immediately after removing cake from the oven.
• Let cake sit 30 minutes before removing from pan.

COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a bundt cake pan or a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
• Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour and baking soda.
• Add sour cream, Coconut extract, and Rum extract to the sugar/butter/egg mixture and cream well.
• Add flour and baking soda and mix into a batter.
• Stir flaked coconut into the batter.
• Spoon batter into the greased pan.
• Bake at 350 for 1 1/4 hours or until toothpich inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.
• While cake is cooling, make the syrup by combining the water and sugar in a small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat and stir in Almond extract.
• Before removing cake from pan, brush about 1/3 of the warm syrup onto the cake bottom.
• Invert cake onto a serving plate and brush on the remaining syrup.
• Allow the cake to completely cool, then serve.
• Store leftovers in an air-tight container.

COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together 2 cups sugar and the butter. Fold in the eggs one at a time, fully incorporating each one before adding another.
• In separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, milk, flaked coconut, and 1 teaspoon coconut extract. Beat into the creamed mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for just a few minutes, then place on cake platter.
• To make the glaze, mix together in a small saucepan 1 cup sugar, water, 1 teaspoon coconut extract, and walnuts. Boil for 1 minute, and pour over still warm cake.